SunCable has officially submitted an application for environmental approval to develop a second solar and battery precinct at Muckaty Station, which the company said is aimed at meeting increasing energy demands from data centres in the region, which will be in addition to its proposed solar farm near Elliot.
The parliamentary committee that inexplicably stalled its inquiry for months into the $320 million Acacia debacle has re-opened submissions to hear from “former employees and others with relevant knowledge” of what went wrong, as the NT Government moves to re-introduce the flawed digital patient record system this month in Darwin and Palmerston.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered Katherine Town Council to pay workers the performance wage rises they were denied since July 2022 by chief executive officer Ingrid Stonhill, which she had claimed was necessary due to the poor financial situation of the council at the time.
A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder after allegedly running over a man in Timber Creek on Monday night, amid a massive brawl in the community that also saw two other people stabbed and taken to hospital.
The 2026 Bassinthegrass festival has announced its line-up of more than 20 acts spanning a variety of genres including pop, R&B, indie, rock, electronic, and dance, showcasing the diversity of Australian music at its 23rd edition, which will be held May 16 at Mindil Beach.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro says her government has a duty to “act responsibly with taxpayers money” and “can’t continue to throw good money after bad” while referencing a major Darwin project that she said was “fantastic” in theory, but had massively blown its budget under the previous government and “can’t come at any cost” – but she was not talking about the Darwin Ship Lift project.
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is setting up shop in the Northern Territory to contest the next federal election and the next Territory election, with the goal to “break the major party duopoly” in the NT, a One Nation senator said.
Royal Darwin Hospital and Palmerston Regional Hospital are currently under a code yellow, which the government said is due to an increase in aged care patients requiring ongoing acute care, with the code yellow ordered amid political bickering over the proposed new $60 million aged care facility.
The Department of Business says it is looking for “an appropriate course of action” to deal with the Darwin Basketball Association’s ongoing governance and financial failures, while the association incorrectly told members that media were forbidden under its constitution to attend its recent annual general meeting, where it produced financial statements showing its auditors once again raising questions over the group’s solvency.
Racing and Wagering Commission chair Alastair Shields says he and the other commissioners will no longer accept personal gifts from the $50 billion online gambling industry they regulate, but can continue to own racehorses because of oversight provided by another committee that he happens to be deputy chair of, raising fresh questions about more potential conflicts of interest.
The government department in charge of the Darwin Ship Lift facility ignored advice from the Auditor General to order a cost-benefit analysis into the now $820 million project, stating it would do that when the project is complete, a new report has found, but nobody has been held accountable for the massive cost blowout, with the Finocchiaro CLP Government advised to continue with the project amid untested claims it cannot terminate the contract and has spent too much money to stop now.
The Northern Territory’s Chief Health Officer says he is now working with the Environment Protection Authority to assess Inpex’s historical under-reporting of toxic emissions from its Ichthys LNG facility in Darwin, while an “independent investigator” has also been tasked to verify all of the gas giant’s data.
